Finance Manager

About usAsset Rental Group (ARG) is a national leader in commercial Rent To Buy solutions, helping sole traders and small businesses secure the vehicles they need to work and grow their income. We support clients who are often overlooked by traditional finance models - new ABNs, limited credit history, or past credit challenges - and give them a practical pathway to ownership. We’re growing fast and expanding our presence across Australia.
The opportunityThis is a senior, hands-on Finance Manager role. You'll take day-to-day ownership of the finance operation, help build and train a new offshore team in the Philippines, and pick up high-impact projects across a transaction-heavy, multi-entity business. It's a genuine ownership role with room to grow as the function scales.
What you'll doOwn the month-end close end-to-end - accruals, prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations and the management packPrepare and oversee the monthly board pack, including analysis and supporting schedulesPrepare consolidated reports across the group, including intercompany eliminations, balances and transfer pricing / recharge mechanicsReview and approve bank reconciliations across all entitiesProduce lender / financier reporting and support covenant and borrowing-base monitoringLead the transition of finance in-house - managing the handover from our incumbent provider cleanly and with no disruptionHelp hire, onboard, train and supervise the offshore finance team (AR, AP/Fleet, Payroll & Compliance); set ways of working, review standards and escalation pathsSupport group compliance: BAS, FBT, payroll tax, STP and year-end audit and financial statementsAssist with Baseplan and Xero administration and data integrity, and drive process improvement using AI and automationTake on ad hoc projects and commercial analysis - data-quality audits, portfolio / book analytics and funding-related modelling
What you'll bringExperience managing a teamCA / CPA qualified (or equivalent); degree in Accounting, Finance or a related fieldStrong technical accounting, including consolidations and intercompanySolid understanding of Australian GST, BAS, FBT, payroll tax and complianceExcellent Excel skills and confidence working across financial systems and dataGenuinely self-directing - able to take ownership, run to deadlines and brief a busy Financial Controller conciselyExperience leading or coaching teams, ideally offshore / outsourcedHigh attention to detail and a consistent track record of hitting monthly deadlines
Nice to haveProcess and systems improvement using AI and automationExperience with Baseplan or a similar asset / fleet ERPProficiency in Power BI and XeroExperience in a lender-backed / debt-funded business (covenant and borrowing-base reporting)Experience managing a provider transition or standing up an offshore finance team